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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Pumpkin Muffins w/ Spiced Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting

Happy Sunday all. Hope your weekend is going well. We have had the BEST weather this weekend! It's a little breezy , like Fall , but the temperatures are that of a summer day. Love it!! I've been soaking up every minute of it. Who knows, it could be snowing next weekend. Sadly , that's not really a joke. It could happen and it wouldn't be unheard of.

Last night I did something I don't usually do, I kind of made up my own baking recipe. That's a bit out of my comfort zone. I wing-it all the time when I'm cooking. I know what foods and spices go well together, but baking is much more of a science and I usually follow the cookbook to the T. Last night however my mind started wondering and thinking what would my banana bread recipe be like with pumpkin in place of the banana, some extra spices, a bit of extra sugar and some cream cheese frosting. Hmmm, what would that be like? Well I'll tell ya, deliciousness!! You want the recipe? 'Cause you're gonna get it!

You can make the frosting while the muffins are baking and then set it in the

fridge to firm up. The frosting is soo easy. Mix the ingredients together in a

small bowl. That's it. No need for an electric mixer. I used a fork at

first and then switched to a spatula.

When the muffins are baking don't worry if after 12 or 15 minutes they still look like dough blobs. They will puff up. I was a little worried and watched them like a hawk. They turned out just as I imagined, moist and delicious!

You and your family will love these. Mr. CC and I had to stop ourselves after two each. We could have finished them all. Give them a try and let me know how they turn out.

This is now the second pumpkin recipe I've posted and I'm sure it won't be the last. I've pinned quite a few pumpkin recipes. = ) Here's the link to my Pumpkin Spice Cake. It's really tasty too and got rave reviews.

Those look so yummy Catie!! I was just telling a friend today I wanted to make some pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting.....BTW, love your new header, it looks great...you are so creative :)Have a great week

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